'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [10r] (19/408)
The record is made up of 1 file (202 folios). It was created in 24 Dec 1946-8 Feb 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Confidential
Tmcial Coast Hews Report No.5 for the period fron the 24th
February to the Bth T'aroh 1947.
31. B.O.A.C.
(i) During the period under report one westbound
aircraft passed through.
35. STTTFPIHG.
Nil.
33. BRITISH HTPFRFBTB .
(i) Reference para^aph 57(ii) of News Report Ho.4
of 1947.
On the 53th, ?tr/Tiittick left for Bahrain by air.
(li) On the 5th ! T aroh, Nessrs. G-ibson, T ’ r ellings,
Hotchkiss, Bezzant, Brooks and Kidd of R.O.L, arrived in
Sharjah in an aircraft chartered fron Iraqi Airmys. They
returned to Bahrain on the 6 th, with the exception of rr.Kidd
who relieved'T*r.??orris, their Transport Officer.
54. fWHEN'S OF CrOirTRNlTgyp OFFICIALS.
(i) On the 5th March, the Political Officer, Trucial
Coast, accompanied by the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Agent, left for Abu Dhabi
and returned to Shafjah on the 7th.
55. VQ'mmVl'S OF TRTTCTAL COAS 1 " 1 SH/\UCFIS .
(i) During the period under report Shaikh Sultan bin
Saif al Howsini, Chief of the Hawasinah of Muscat, visited
Ajmpn, Sharjah and Dubai. He is the father-in-law of the
Shaikh of Fujairah and has been staying with him. in AJman.
(ii) On the 25th, Shaikh Humid bin Abdullah, nephew
of the Regent of Kalba, arrived at Hira from Kalba on a visit.
(iii) Reference para.28(ii) of News Report No.4 of 1947
On the 7th Shaikh Sai*d bin Maktun,0.3.E.,Ruler
of Dubai, returned from Ras al Khaimah. He v/as sick with fever
when he arrived but his condition is now better. On the Bth
Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, Ruler of Sharjah, visited Shaikh
at Dubai ostensibly to enquire about his health. In fakCjb,
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The file contains confidential news reports from the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The reports were prepared by the Political Officer (in winter) or Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent (in summer) and sent to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain. Each report covers a range of matters and is organised in short sections under a sub-heading. The latest news relating to the following is included:
- civil aviation;
- shipping;
- US and Royal Navies;
- movement of British officials and Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhs;
- Royal Air Force;
- local affairs;
- anti-locust operations;
- red oxide extraction at Abu Musa and Sir Bu Nai'r Islands;
- weather.
The file also contains some correspondence between the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sharjah and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain relating to Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. affairs.
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- 1 file (202 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 204; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-191; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- 'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary'
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- front, front-i, 2r:53v, 54v:203v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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